Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331), which rose 4.21% or 50.50 points to trade at 1,250.50 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) added 3.62% or 215.00 points to end at 6,155.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) was up 3.53% or 138.00 points to 4,051.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which lost 4.01% or 15.00 points to trade at 358.90 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) declined 3.30% or 41.00 points to end at 1,203.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) shed 3.27% or 82.50 points to 2,437.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1874 to 1695 and 286 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.50% to 22.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.20% or 0.14 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $72.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 25.24 to trade at $2,686.74 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.07% to 149.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.81% to 158.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 105.75.